So . . . we finally get a full length animated DC film that looks to star Captain Marvel in a significant role where he isn't A) an antagonist (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) or B) brutally murdered (Flashpoint), and where he is actually a member of the Justice League . . . and it's the Nu-52 version of everyone involved.

There's just no darned justice in the world, I swear.

Going just by the trailer, the voice acting seems kind of spotty. There's every possibility that this will be better than the comic it's based on, much as how the Superman/Batman movies were better than those books, but then again, that wouldn't require a whole lot of effort given the source material. It's going to be a hard film to get through if everyone is acting like their Nu-52 counterparts, wherein half of the League are going to be acting like petulant jerks. The animation looks solid, but the voice acting sounds slightly questionable thus far.

I hope this doesn't start a trend of DC's animated features tending towards the Nu-52. Their animation was one place where it was nice to see more traditional takes on the characters still flourishing. Be a shame if they started to move away from that.

Ares wrote:So . . . we finally get a full length animated DC film that looks to star Captain Marvel in a significant role where he isn't A) an antagonist (Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) or B) brutally murdered (Flashpoint), and where he is actually a member of the Justice League . . . and it's the Nu-52 version of everyone involved.

Yeahm it is a bit of a kick to the the teeth. I'd have prefered the Captain Marvel from the last animated feature he was legitimately in... That was exactly how you do a Captain Marvel story.

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Ares wrote:I hope this doesn't start a trend of DC's animated features tending towards the Nu-52. Their animation was one place where it was nice to see more traditional takes on the characters still flourishing. Be a shame if they started to move away from that.

I would be surprised if they don't start pushing toward making everything match their current comic lines. That it hasn't happened already doesn't make me doubt that they're heading that way.

HappyDaze wrote:I would be surprised if they don't start pushing toward making everything match their current comic lines. That it hasn't happened already doesn't make me doubt that they're heading that way.

I think it is already happening. Their cinematic efforts certainly match up. The cinematic Superman and Green Lantern would not be at all out of place in nu52 Justice League series.

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Ares wrote:I hope this doesn't start a trend of DC's animated features tending towards the Nu-52. Their animation was one place where it was nice to see more traditional takes on the characters still flourishing. Be a shame if they started to move away from that.

After this is supposed to be Batman and Son, followed by a Batman one based on the Arkham games This is according to the Flashpoint DVD.

Well, Damien could be something from the old continuity, as he was introduced before the Flashpoint debacle, and the Arkham games are their own thing, and honestly could make for a fun film. And Scribblenauts thankfully offers you the chance to use classic versions of the characters, even calling Captain Marvel by the right name there.

Still, between War, the inclusion of Cyborg in some of the Justice League media, and games like Injustice and Infinite Crisis having multiple versions of characters but with a heavy focus for their Nu-52 counterparts, I just have to hope that the DC animation will still do some of the more classic storylines. It's a shame we never got to see "The Judas Contract" in animated form.

“Anti-Intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”-Isaac Asimov

This movie would only be slightly bad except for the misleading words "Justice League" in the title.

I generally liked the Flash's portrayal, although he was severely underutilized. Batman was okay. Cyborg was tolerable. Pretty much everyone else was bad to horrible and had zero connection to anything that ever made the characters worthwhile to begin with. Wonder Woman... Wow, I just don't have the words to describe how badly written her part was.

There were just so many parts of that movie that struck me as wrong on a fundamental level... I could start pointing them out specifically, but I don't want to dwell on it that deeply... It'd put me in a foul mood and my nerdrage isn't a pretty sight...